The Charles de Bellaigue association: archives

The Charles de Bellaigue association announced its fifth annual picnic for July 18. Everyone had to bring their meal. Coffee, desserts, drinks, games, raffles and crafts were offered for the benefit of the association, with Beninese music. The requested participation was one euro per person.

President Valérie de Bellaigue explained that the profits would contribute to the construction of a primary school in Alphakoara, in northern Benin, for surrounding Fuli children. Four classes and the latrines were already made; two classes remained to be built.

About three hundred people participated in the 2010 edition of the picnic organized by the Charles de Bellaigue association. Around the meal, entertainment, sales and games made it possible to raise funds for his charitable action in Benin, all accompanied by Beninese music.

The goal announced that year was the construction of two additional classes at the school in the village of Alphakoara, in northern Benin. Photographs presented the situation of the school to the participants.

The president, Valérie de Bellaigue, planned to go there in November to follow the smooth running of the work.

Despite the rain, wind and cold, more than 150 people participated in the picnic organized at the Vaumicel by Valérie de Bellaigue, president of the Charles de Bellaigue association. The day was to contribute to the financing of the reconstruction of a school in Benin destroyed by a storm.

The participants had brought their meal and had settled under the tents. The volunteers offered French and Beninese crafts, trinkets, dishes and other objects to the bargainers. The Renaissance of Bessin of July 22, 2011 underlines the conviviality and solidarity of this meeting.

On Sunday, July 22, more than three hundred people participated under the sun in the picnic of the Charles de Bellaigue association. The afternoon offered a flea market, a raffle, an angling and Beninese crafts, for young and old.

Valérie de Bellaigue created the association in November 2002 to support children in Benin: literacy, school creation, sponsorships and libraries. The profits were to contribute to the reconstruction of the Houndoun school, valued at fifteen thousand euros, and to the perimeter wall of the Adame-Adato school, valued at nine hundred euros, both located in Bohicon.

The association sponsored one hundred and twenty children in Bohicon, Kandi and Sonsoro. In the spring, young people from Le Havre had completed a two-month school support mission in Bohicon. Two other missions were planned for August in Bohicon and Kandi through the Raid Guild.

Support, financial and material donations were the only resources announced. Membership cost twenty euros, ten for students, and sponsorship fifty euros for a child for one year.

About fifty members gathered in general assembly heard the balance sheet presented by Valérie de Bellaigue. Since its creation, the association had sponsored 135 children in Bohicon, Kandi and Sonsoro, sent young people on literacy and school support missions, and sent packages to the schools and libraries of Bohicon and Sonsoro, to the boarding school of the sisters of the Christian Retreat in Kandi and to the orphanage of Abomey. She had also contributed to the construction of the Sonsoro library and the school in the Fulan village of Alphakoara, in northern Benin, near the Nigerian border.

Members visited the sites every year to follow the achievements and brought back crafts sold during the support events. In Bohicon, the projects concerned the renovation of the Houndon school, a perimeter wall for the Adame-Adato school and a new library. The association also wanted to organize more local events to raise funds.

The moral and financial balance sheets have been approved. Laurence Thomines was elected secretary; Katarina Dupuy remained vice-president and Jacques Peltier treasurer. The president thanked members and volunteers before a shared snack.

The announced contributions were €20 per year, or €10 for students; the contribution with sponsorship amounted to €70. The published email was asso.charlesdebellaigue@voila.fr.

About fifty members gathered in general assembly heard the balance sheet presented by Valérie de Bellaigue. Since its creation, the association had sponsored 135 children in Bohicon, Kandi and Sonsoro, sent young people on literacy and school support missions, and sent packages to the schools and libraries of Bohicon and Sonsoro, to the boarding school of the sisters of the Christian Retreat in Kandi and to the orphanage of Abomey. She had also contributed to the construction of the Sonsoro library and the school in the Fulan village of Alphakoara, in northern Benin, near the Nigerian border.

Members visited the sites every year to follow the achievements and brought back crafts sold during the support events. In Bohicon, the projects concerned the renovation of the Houndon school, a perimeter wall for the Adame-Adato school and a new library. The association also wanted to organize more local events to raise funds.

The moral and financial balance sheets have been approved. Laurence Thomines was elected secretary; Katarina Dupuy remained vice-president and Jacques Peltier treasurer. The president thanked members and volunteers before a shared snack.

The announced contributions were €20 per year, or €10 for students; the contribution with sponsorship amounted to €70. The published email was asso.charlesdebellaigue@voila.fr.